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Pages past - Nov. 12

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1982: Members of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Clovis Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3015 were putting final touches on a locomotive float they were making for the upcoming Veterans Day parade.

Photographed in the Clovis News-Journal were Toni Bauske, Velma Bolinger, Irene Fritzier, Bea Gwaltney, and Alice Valverde.

The parade was only one of many activities scheduled for the week proclaimed Veterans Week by the Clovis city commission.

1972: Floren Thompson, a member of the music faculty at Eastern New Mexico University for more than 20 years, was named acting dean of the school of music, following the death of Paul Strub, who had been guiding the department.

Thompson joined the faculty at ENMU in 1950, and served as chair of instrumental music and director of bands. A well-known clinician and conductor, Thompson was credited with training many band directors across the southwestern United States.

Pages Past is compiled by Betty Williamson. Contact her at: [email protected]

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